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MYGEDVIEW PORTAL
This is your Personal MyGedView page.

Here you will find easy links to access your personal data such as My Account, My Indi (this is your Individual Information page), and My Pedigree. You can have blocks with Messages, a Journal (like a Notepad) and many more.

The layout of this page is similar to the Welcome page that you see when you first access this site. While the parts of the Welcome page are selected by the site administrator, you can select what parts to include on this personalized page. You will find the link to customize this page in the Welcome block or separately when the Welcome block is not present.

You can choose from the following blocks:

^ WELCOME BLOCK
The Welcome block shows you:
Note:
You will see the links to My Indi and My Pedigree only if you are known to the current GEDCOM file. You might have a record in one GEDCOM file and therefore see the My Indi and My Pedigree links, while in another GEDCOM file you do not have a record and consequently these links are not displayed.


^ CUSTOMIZE MYGEDVIEW PORTAL
When you entered here for the first time, you already had some blocks on this page. If you like, you can customize this Portal page.

When you click this link you will be taken to a form where you can add, move, or delete blocks. More explanation is available on that form.


^ MESSAGES BLOCK
In this block you will find the messages sent to you by other users or the admin. You too can send messages to other users or to the admin.

The PhpGedView mail system is designed to help protect your privacy. You don't have to leave your email address here and others will not be able to see your email address.

To expand a message, click on the message subject or the "+" symbol beside it. You can delete multiple messages by checking the boxes next to the messages you want to delete and clicking on the Delete Selected Messages button.


^ UPCOMING EVENTS BLOCK
This block shows you anniversaries of events that are coming up in the near future.

The administrator determines how far ahead the block will look. You can further refine the block's display of upcoming events through several configuration options.

If you are logged in, you might see the icon . If you click on the icon, you will download the events as a calendar file, which can be imported into compatible programs such as Microsoft Outlook to, for example, generate automatic e-mail reminders of anniversaries.

If you are logged in and you do not see this icon, the administrator has disabled this feature. Visitors who are not logged in will not see this icon and cannot download the Calendar file.


^ ON THIS DAY IN YOUR HISTORY BLOCK
This block is similar to the "Upcoming Events" block, except that it displays today's events.

If you are logged in, you might see the icon . If you click on the icon, you will download the events as a calendar file, which can be imported into compatible programs such as Microsoft Outlook to, for example, generate automatic e-mail reminders of anniversaries.

If you are logged in and you do not see this icon, the administrator has disabled this feature. Visitors who are not logged in will not see this icon and cannot download the Calendar file.


^ CHARTS BLOCK
This block allows a pedigree, descendancy, or hourglass chart to appear on the Welcome or the MyGedView page. Because of space limitations, the charts should be placed only on the left side of the page.

When this block appears on the Welcome page, the root person and the type of chart to be displayed are determined by the administrator. When this block appears on the user's personalized MyGedView page, these options are determined by the user.

The behavior of these charts is identical to their behavior when they are called up from the menus. Click on the box of a person to see more details about them.


^ MY FAVORITES BLOCK
Favorites are similar to bookmarks.

Suppose you have somebody in the family tree whose record you want to check regularly. Just go to the person's Individual Information page and select the Add to My Favorites option from the Favorites drop-down list. This person is now book marked and added to your list of favorites.

Wherever you are on this site, you can click on a name in the "My Favorites" drop-down list in the header. This will take you to the Individual Information page of that person.


^ GEDCOM STATISTICS BLOCK
In this block you will see some statistics about the current GEDCOM file. If you need more information than is listed, send a message to the contact at the bottom of the page.


^ MY JOURNAL BLOCK
You can use this journal to write notes or reminders for your own use. When you make such a note, it will still be there the next time you visit the site.

These notes are private and will not be visible to others.


^ RANDOM PICTURE BLOCK
In this block PhpGedView randomly chooses a media file to show you on each visit to this page.

When you click on the picture, you will see its full-size version. Below the picture you have a link to the person associated with the picture. When you click on the picture caption, you will see the picture on the MultiMedia page. When you click on the person's name, you will be taken to the Individual Information page of that person.


^ LOGGED IN USERS BLOCK
This block will show you the users currently logged in.

If you are not an administrator, your view of logged-in users is restricted to those who have elected to be visible while on-line. For this to work, you must also elect to be visible while on-line. On-line users who are invisible to you are counted as being anonymous.


^ RECENT CHANGES BLOCK
This block shows you the most recent changes to the GEDCOM as recorded by the CHAN GEDCOM tag.






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